Published 14:48 IST, October 2nd 2019
Delhi Police induct 5 golden retrievers in their canine squad
Delhi Police have inducted five retrievers into their team trained by Border Security Force at their camp in Tekanpur in Madhya Pradesh to detect explosives
Delhi Police has inducted five retriever dogs into their team, trained by Border Security Force (BSF) at their camp in Tekanpur in Madhya Pradesh. The sniffer dogs are specially trained to detect explosives which can cause injury to human lives.
Trained under BSF
Golden Retrievers are a breed known for their playfulness, intelligence, and a keen sense of smell which is why they are deployed in law enforcement agencies across the world. The five dogs Congo, Zendra, Cosby, Krisi, and Comat were bought from a kennel in Hyderabad and were given six months of training in the BSF’s training camp. The dogs, aged around 12 to 15 months, are set to hit the operations when the need arises.
Integral part of Law Enforcement Agencies
Canines such as Golden Retrievers, Labradors, German Shepherds, etc, have been an integral part of Indian law enforcement agencies, be it detecting explosives and saving innumerable lives, tracking arms and ammunition, or being a part of anti-militancy operations. A few days back, a three-year-old canine named Jaari, of the Indian Army, was successful in helping troops to locate a huge horde of arms and ammunition allegedly hidden by NDFB-Songbijit (NDFB-S) militants deep inside Panbari Reserve forest under Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC). Jaari accurately tracked the location in a joint operation led by the Indian Army, Assam Police and Sashastra Seema Bal.
Another canine member of the Indian Army named Dutch had been serving the army since 2010 before he died on September 11. Dutch served the nation for nine years as an explosives detection specialist in counter-terrorism operations in Eastern Command. Dutch was deployed in operations in Assam, Manipur, and Nagaland, three major insurgency-infested states in the northeast. He was instrumental in saving the life of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Assam in 2014. Dutch detected an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) of 7KG in a coach of Kamakhya Express at Alipurdwar. Further investigation revealed that the explosives were on their way to PM Modi's venue.
(With ANI inputs)
Updated 18:17 IST, October 2nd 2019